StimpyWan
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Still doesn't matter in this specific issue.
Heh, your issue in that other house isn't terribly uncommon - or maybe it is rare, but it's a known issue (cause and solution are known).
Yea, the cause was a stove with reversed wiring. So, when I touched the stove, then the fridge, I was completing the circuit! Ouch. It held me for a few seconds, before I could pull loose!
That reminds me, I used to work at an aircraft avionics company. Part of my duties, were final instrument testing. That included a short-circuit test of the instrument. It didn't happen often, but every once in a while, a completed unit would have a short. When it did, you could shock yourself with 400 volts, if you accidentally touched the unit under test! That stung just a bit too.
As to the OP, until he tests with something besides a suspect amp, I think we need to consider any possibility. And old wiring made me nervous.